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    Bird With the Heart of a Mountain
    Bird With the Heart of a Mountain
    Bird With the Heart of a Mountain
    Audiobook9 hours

    Bird With the Heart of a Mountain

    Written by Barbara Mariconda

    Narrated by Roxanne Hernandez

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    About this audiobook

    I throw back my tumble of black hair, roll one bare shoulder forward, then the other. The stack of bangles on each wrist shimmies and slides as my hands rise like birds in flight.

    Set during the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War, sixteen-year-old Drina yearns to dance flamenco. When she dances, she forgets who she is. She forgets what seems to be her legacy: I am nothing. I belong nowhere. Why does her mother forbid her to dance, the very thing that makes her feel alive? She wonders about the secrets her mother holds, about the rumored life she had before Drina was born—a story that somehow still holds them both prisoner.

    From the wandering Gypsy campagna to the vineyard estate of a paternal grandmother she has never known and the dance halls of Seville where flamenco reigns, Drina fights to discover who she is and where she belongs. Not quite Gypsy, not quite Spanish, she must carve out an identity all her own and discover what it means to be a bird with the heart of a mountain. Full of mystery, loss, and longing, this powerful novel brilliantly captures a young girl’s yearning and her adventurous journey to discover her true home.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateFeb 25, 2014
    ISBN9781480567399
    Bird With the Heart of a Mountain
    Author

    Barbara Mariconda

    Barbara Mariconda is the author of books for readers of all ages, including The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons, which Kirkus Reviews praised for its “dramatic and visually stunning” prose. In writing Bird with the Heart of a Mountain, it was a haunting Gypsy melody that first captured the author’s imagination, that drew her to Jerez, Spain, and into Drina’s world. She serves on the board of directors of Flamenco Vivo in NYC, which promotes the art of flamenco to new audiences (www.flamenco-vivo.org), and she strives to empower the next generation of young authors through her company, Empowering Writers. You can visit her online at www.barbaramariconda.com.

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